Trustee â Housing Sector Specialist
Trustee â Housing Sector Specialist
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Job Description
St Mungos is a leading homelessness charity with a clear purpose: to end homelessness and rebuild lives. As homelessness continues to risewith close to 5000 people sleeping rough across England every night and over 80000 households at riskour work is more vital than ever.
We deliver services that help people move away from the streets provide accommodation for those who have found themselves homeless and offer support to help people recover from homelessness for good. Our outcomes are both life-saving and life-changing. With nearly 2000 colleagues and volunteers our passion and commitment are tangible.
We are a registered social landlord and a charity supporting clients through emergency hostel and supported housing as well as advice services such as employment support. At the heart of our work is a commitment to safety empowerment and long-term recovery.
Following a recent inspection by the Regulator of Social Housing we are seeking to strengthen our Board with a housing professional who can help us achieve top ratings across both governance and consumer standards.
You will bring:
Executive experience in a housing association or similar
In-depth understanding of the regulatory environment
Expertise in landlord responsibilities
Ability to track performance from frontline services through to Board level
We are looking for someone who is passionate about our purpose and embodies our values: empowering inclusive creative committed and accountable.
We particularly welcome applications from individuals from the Global Majority and women who are currently under-represented on our Board.
We are also looking for trustees who can act as ambassadors for St Mungos helping us build strong external relationships and amplify our impact.
If you are excited by this opportunity and passionate about what we do we would love to hear from you. You can read more in the candidate pack available in the Documents section at the bottom of this advert.
To apply
Please click the Apply Now button. You will need to upload a CV and a supporting statement (maximum 2 pages) outlining why you are a great match.
Closing date: 11.59pm on 29July 2025
Interviews are expected to take place in September.
About Us
Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years we have been on the ground every day and every night supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28000 people each year and our work means that more than 2700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.
What We Offer
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity diversity and inclusion improves the health wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity inclusion and wellbeing are prioritisedwe are happier healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients.
Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience:
- A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ Womens Action Lived Experience and Anti-Racist networks.
- Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process.
- A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme.
- Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff unconscious bias training for managers and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness.
- In recognition of the importance of transparency we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website.
Want to find out more Click here to visit ourEquality Diversity & Inclusion page.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky but with family friendly policies flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them.
These include:
- Agile working model for suitable roles.
- Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements.
- 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years service.
- Family friendly leave policies including - maternity adoption and parental leave. Carers leave and fertility treatment leave.
- Financial wellbeing platform offering loans advances and saving options.
- Auto-enrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6%.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app 24/7 GP appointments health checks and nutrition advice.
- Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans.
- Discount vouchers including gym retail food & drink travel electricals and more.
Want to find out more Want to find out moreClick here to visit our Work For Us page.
At St Mungos we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. Thats why we have a robust induction training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungos.
These include:
- Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals.
- Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression.
- Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungos current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
Documents
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